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What to know about the earthquake that shook the New York area Saturday night

The earthquake hit in the New Jersey suburb of Hasbrouck Heights at about 10:18 p.m. Eastern time at a depth of about 6.2 ...

Small earthquake shakes the New York area. USGS says magnitude was 3.0

A small earthquake rattled the New York metropolitan area Saturday night. The US Geological Survey said the tremor had a ...

2.7-magnitude earthquake felt in New York on Tuesday, centered in NJ

A magnitude 2.7 earthquake rattled parts of New York and New Jersey around 12:10 p.m. ET on Aug. 5, according to the U.S.
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City buildings would be vulnerable in the rare event of a moderate earthquake

Roughly 60% of the city’s buildings were constructed before 1940, well before the city updated its building codes in 1995 to ...

2 minor earthquakes hit New Jersey area in a week

HILLSDALE, N.J. (AP) — A second small earthquake rattled the New York metropolitan area on Tuesday, days after the first. The ...

NYC could face $4.7B in damage if rocked by earthquake similar to resent temblors

What makes it different for New York City is there’s just a lot of infrastructure. So even a relatively low magnitude ...

Shocks felt in lower Hudson Valley after 2.7 magnitude earthquake

A low-intensity earthquake in New Jersey reverberated across the lower Hudson Valley on Tuesday, with residents as far north ...

Recent New Jersey earthquakes not cause for concern, seismologist says

After earthquakes centered in New Jersey rattled parts the NYC area twice in less than two weeks, a seismologist says it's ...